Bus News
NatEx bucks trend with profit, revenue and patronage growth
National Express has posted its half-year results for 2018, which have shown revenue and profit growth across the board.
Month: July 2018
Bus News
Arriva secures future of Oswestry depot for next 20 years
Arriva has pledged a long-term commitment to Oswestry by securing a 20-year lease for the Salop Road depot.
Bus News
HCT Group purchases Powells Bus
Social enterprise operator HCT Group has acquired South Yorkshire-based Powells Bus – its first commercial acquisition.
Face-to-Face Interviews
Only the best will do
Jeff Counsell, Managing Director of Trent Barton, speaks to James Day about the acclaimed operator’s success with rapid, low stop services and uncompromisingly high-specification buses
Coach News
Westways acquires two full-electric Yutong coaches for UK operation
Pelican Bus & Coach has announced the addition of a full-electric coach to the UK’s Yutong range – and the first two vehicles have been ordered by Westway Coach Services Ltd of London.
Bus News
BYD wins order for large fleet of artic ebuses
BYD is to deliver a large fleet of pure electric articulated buses to Oslo. Two orders have been placed by Nobina, the first European operator to put Chinese-produced BYD 18m ebuses into operation with two […]
Bus News
MAN and Neoplan at IAA, Hanover
There will be gas and electric city buses on display from MAN as well as refinements across its coach product range MAN Truck & Bus is exhibiting a wide range of products at this year’s […]
Business
National Express Foundation offers £100,000 funding opportunity
The National Express Foundation has for the first time launched its second funding programme in a year, with £100,000 on offer to support youngsters. Earlier in the year, almost £230,000 was awarded to support 2,000 […]
Coach News
Obituary: Roger Woollon
Roger Woollon of Woollons of Heathrow and AWC passed away in the early hours of Friday, 6 July 2018. Roger started Woollons in 1974 as a car hire business and gradually transitioned into coach operating […]
Bus News
TfL backs Look Up campaign
Transport for London (TfL) has announced its support for the Look Up campaign, which asks public transport users to ‘look up’ to see whether there is anyone else around who is in greater need of […]
